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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,the Registrant certifies that
it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 14th day of November, 2013.

THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

By: /s/ Charles L. CarrollCharles
L. Carroll, Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.